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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Gross Carrying Amount and Weighted-Average Useful Life Allocated to Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			2 Months Ended
	Jun. 14, 2021	Jul. 29, 2019	May 11, 2020
First Data
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 16,272
Weighted-Average Useful Life		14 years
First Data \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 13,458
Weighted-Average Useful Life		15 years
First Data \| Acquired software and technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 2,324
Weighted-Average Useful Life		7 years
First Data \| Trade names
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount		$ 490
Weighted-Average Useful Life		9 years
SpendLabs and Radius8
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 47
Weighted-Average Useful Life	7 years
SpendLabs and Radius8 \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 9
Weighted-Average Useful Life	10 years
SpendLabs and Radius8 \| Residual buyouts
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 7
Weighted-Average Useful Life	5 years
SpendLabs and Radius8 \| Acquired software and technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount	$ 31
Weighted-Average Useful Life	6 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life			11 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions \| Customer relationships
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount			$ 32
Weighted-Average Useful Life			14 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions \| Residual buyouts
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount			$ 35
Weighted-Average Useful Life			9 years
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions \| Acquired software and technology
Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Gross Carrying Amount			$ 14
Weighted-Average Useful Life			8 years